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Chief Patron: Peake
Acceptable Ammonia Levels (language only)

Item 366 #5s

Item 366 #5s

Natural Resources
Department of Environmental Quality

Language

Page 405, after line 22, insert:

"J. The Department of Environmental Quality shall prepare an update to its November 1, 2018 initial report entitled “Flexibilities for Virginia's Permitted Dischargers Implementing EPA's 2013 Nationally-Recommended Ammonia Criteria” pursuant to Enactment Clause 2 of Chapter 511 of the 2018 Acts of Assembly. The update shall expand the Department's previous identification of specific procedures and practices for ammonia criteria implementation to minimize their impact on Virginia sewerage systems or other treatment works, specifically by including all existing or potential permitting procedures and practices that are not prohibited by the Clean Water Act but which would provide relief to permitted dischargers.  The Department shall report its findings to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources, the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources, the Senate Finance Committee, and the House Appropriations Committee no later than November 1, 2019."



Explanation

(This amendment directs DEQ to update its 2018 report on Ammonia Criteria to include existing or potential permitting procedures and practices that are not prohibited by the Clean Water Act but which would provide relief to permitted dischargers.)